The purpose of IG is to:​ 

• Develop a vision for information and how information can create value for the organisation 
  
• Provide management information, standard reports and analytics to support decision-making 
  
• Support institutional strategy, planning and policy development 
• Service institutional information requests 
• Provide self-service functions for information retrieval 
• Improve and extend information systems such as SUNStudent, SUN-i and HEMIS 
• Support statutory reporting 
• Process institutional permission requests 
• Identify and mitigate information risks 
• Develop a framework to comply with legislative requirements ​ 
  

IG supports the following strategic goals of the University: 

• Enhancement of business intelligence capability to inform decision-making 
  
• Development of management information dashboards 
• Investigation into the size and shape of the University and the implementation thereof 
• Enhancement of the strategic enrolment planning process 
• Establishment of SU norms and standards 
• Improving SU's international ranking profile ​